I was in Cherwell valley services on the M40 and couldn’t believe how low the truck was to the floor probably just about get your foot under the diesel tank and was wondering if it was overloaded or for some reason lowered
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Looks like suspension lowered and it’s on air all round I presume. If it was overloaded it wouldn’t affect front axle at all.
Looks like a lowride unit, and air drained out?
Its been dropped on purpose.
I’ve seen a fair few of them lately.
Lowride unit, rear mudguards with the tops off so that they can use a reeeally low fifth wheel, trailer on those tiny Mega wheels. All so that they can get maximum trailer height into the 4m limit.
I bet they’re horrible to drive.
Lowered his suspension. I do it as I hate it when my bunk is facing downhill, it feels like im rolling out of bed. Much prefer to roll towards the bulkhead lol
As above posts, air dropped out of rear suspension, plus the fifth wheel is set only just above the height of the rear wheels, small wheels and very little clearance between bottom of fuel tanks and road. Lots of cube available in the trailer, but not for building site work or ferries with hard approach angles.
The days of overloaded trucks being obvious is long long gone. Air suspension means weight has no effect on ride height
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switchlogic:
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Hmm that’s Not really true , you obviously never overloaded on air , there’s only so much weight it will stand before it goes down on its own or won’t go up more than just clearing the bump stops .
Punchy Dan:
switchlogic:
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Hmm that’s Not really true , you obviously never overloaded on air , there’s only so much weight it will stand before it goes down on its own or won’t go up more than just clearing the bump stops .
Well I’ve been at nearly 50 ton 6 axle’s and to be honest I couldn’t tell the difference between that and 44 ton either on handling or how it looked stood still !
Yes but 6 tonne over 6 axles isn’t much overload per axle .i know when I’ve loaded my self or collected a body already loaded it’s been up to 6 plus tonne overloaded across 2 axles .
eddie snax:
Punchy Dan:
switchlogic:
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Hmm that’s Not really true , you obviously never overloaded on air , there’s only so much weight it will stand before it goes down on its own or won’t go up more than just clearing the bump stops .
Well I’ve been at nearly 50 ton 6 axle’s and to be honest I couldn’t tell the difference between that and 44 ton either on handling or how it looked stood still !
I managed 49 tonnes once and same. These trucks are designed for weights way above what we can legally carry so you’d have to put insane amounts of weight on them to notice. Are you admitting to breaking the law to a horrendous degree Punchy Dan?
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No no 
I just tipped some off 
I’ve been down to Portsmouth docks to unload slabs off a Spanish lorry once ,and some off our own loaded round timber from next to the Eiffel Tower they weighed in at Newhaven at 55 tonnes ,the 8 wheeler had to go down and lift some off .
Punchy Dan:
I’ve been down to Portsmouth docks to unload slabs off a Spanish lorry once ,and some off our own loaded round timber from next to the Eiffel Tower they weighed in at Newhaven at 55 tonnes ,the 8 wheeler had to go down and lift some off .
‘Once’? How long ago, because like everything things have changed and improved
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eddie snax:
Punchy Dan:
switchlogic:
The days of overloaded trucks being obvious is long long gone. Air suspension means weight has no effect on ride heightSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Hmm that’s Not really true , you obviously never overloaded on air , there’s only so much weight it will stand before it goes down on its own or won’t go up more than just clearing the bump stops .
Well I’ve been at nearly 50 ton 6 axle’s and to be honest I couldn’t tell the difference between that and 44 ton either on handling or how it looked stood still !
51335kgs on five axles a couple of weeks ago and no you really cant tell the difference. The tyres on the trailer bogie looked a little bulging but that was it, suspension sat as it does at 44/46tonne, loaded with high carbon iron…
switchlogic:
Punchy Dan:
I’ve been down to Portsmouth docks to unload slabs off a Spanish lorry once ,and some off our own loaded round timber from next to the Eiffel Tower they weighed in at Newhaven at 55 tonnes ,the 8 wheeler had to go down and lift some off .‘Once’? How long ago, because like everything things have changed and improved
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Are you turning in to CF ,once because it would be about 6 yrs ago without looking in my diarys , these stone firms are never accurate with weights ,the composite slabs are the most accurate more because they are cut squarer and made the same .
Punchy Dan:
these stone firms are never accurate with weights .
We can relate to that alright. The agg we pick up in bulk bags before its rebagged/repackaged is all over the place, some weigh as little as 800kg, some over 1000kg…
Punchy Dan:
Are you turning in to CF
He’s giving me lessons in Trucknet abuse in return for ■■■■■■ favours 
switchlogic:
Punchy Dan:
Are you turning in to CFHe’s giving me lessons in Trucknet abuse in return for ■■■■■■ favours
Closing your eyes and just imagining that and you’ll be scarred for life… 
